Articles about Fire Phone

DOJ suit over Apple iPhone cites failures of Amazon Fire Phone and Microsoft Windows Phone

The U.S. Justice Department’s landmark antitrust lawsuit Thursday morning against Apple, which accuses the company of illegally maintaining an iPhone… Read More

How Amazon’s biggest flop paved the way for one of the company’s most important pillars

A few years ago Amazon was putting the finishing touches on two important pieces of hardware that came out within… Read More

Amazon ends Mayday live video customer support on Fire tablets, five years after high-profile rollout

Amazon is pulling the plug on its Mayday video calling feature for on-screen customer support on its Fire tablets, ending… Read More

Baidu’s Qi Lu, former Microsoft exec, explains why Amazon’s Alexa took the industry by surprise

Qi Lu was a top engineering executive at Microsoft for eight years, leading products including Office and Bing, and shaping… Read More

After Fire flop, Amazon reportedly eyeing Android-based ‘Ice’ smartphone, possibly focused on India

Amazon may not be done with the smartphone market yet. According to a report from Gadgets 360, a New Delhi,… Read More

Fire Phone, two years later: Yes, a few people are still using Amazon’s ill-fated smartphone

In the summer of 2015, Don Driscoll, an associate professor of physics at Kent State University, was ready to renew… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on the Fire Phone: ‘We’re working on much bigger failures right now’

Jeff Bezos loves failure. He often describes it as a necessity for invention, innovation, and eventually success. Fortunately, Bezos has… Read More

Amazon wins patent for technology that uses hand size to identify kids

Our vision of the future has long included computers that we control with a wave of the hand. But what… Read More

Amazon turns to Ian Freed, former Fire Phone leader, to run restaurant delivery, report says

Ian Freed, the Amazon executive who helped lead the retailer’s ill-fated Fire Phone efforts, has re-emerged at the company, according… Read More

Amazon’s Fire Phone is MIA from new lineup, but execs won’t confirm its death

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon announced a sweeping update to its hardware lineup on Thursday, but there was one device noticeably… Read More

Report: Amazon lays off “dozens” in hardware group as it rethinks Fire Phone

Reports have surfaced once again that Amazon’s secretive 3,000-person R&D outfit based in Silicon Valley is undergoing drastic changes in the wake of the… Read More

Amazon gives Fire phone long-awaited update to Android 4.4, adds emoji support

While many people may have forgotten about it altogether, Amazon hasn’t left the users of its Fire smartphone behind. The… Read More

App developers bailing on Fire Phone, in new challenge for Amazon

It’s no secret that Amazon’s first smartphone was a flop with consumers, but behind the scenes, the Fire Phone is also struggling with another… Read More

Amazon slashes the price of an unlocked Fire Phone to $189, including Prime

Amazon is now offering its lowest price yet for the Fire Phone in its latest attempt to drum up demand… Read More

For better or worse, the Amazon Fire Phone was Jeff Bezos’ baby

Just when you thought there could be no more stories about why the Amazon Fire Phone failed, a new wave of stories have surfaced bringing Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon reportedly shakes up hardware unit after Fire Phone flop

Amazon’s Silicon Valley-based hardware group has undergone a major restructuring, with several executive leaving the organization over the past few months.… Read More

Amazon cuts price on Fire Phone again, reducing device to $199 unlocked

Amazon’s Fire Phone is getting another price cut. The device, unveiled in July and suffering from lackluster sales in recent months,… Read More

Amazon exec: Company learning from Fire phone flop, may adjust approach for sequel

Even though Amazon’s Fire phone hasn’t caught the imagination of consumers, it looks like Amazon is still planning another crack at… Read More

Amazon executive: We botched the Fire Phone pricing

Amazon.com isn’t really known as being the most transparent and open company. That’s why remarks that Amazon executive David Limp… Read More

Can Amazon recover from its disastrous Fire Phone launch?

Now that Amazon has admitted its first smartphone was not all it had hoped for, what happens next? Will Amazon iterate… Read More

Ouch: Amazon takes $170M write-down on Fire Phone

Amazon’s first smartphone wasn’t exactly a hit, and now the company is paying for it. During the company’s earnings conference call this… Read More

Full Video: T-Mobile CEO John Legere unleashed on the GeekWire stage (F-bombs, Bendgate and the ‘porn guy’ who runs Iliad)

T-Mobile CEO John Legere rocked the house at the GeekWire Summit yesterday with his unique brand of brash, profane and outspoken insights… Read More

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